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The Light ‘AFTERdark’

By Jacqueline Justice | October 27, 2013

If you somehow managed to miss the swing dance flash mobs, the colorful chalk advertisements all over grounds and the group of students in AFTERDARK t-shirts tossing out flyers on the lawn, you really must have had a lot of midterms. For everyone who got the memo, you had the chance to experience AFTERDARK, “where music and message meet” and featuring heartthrobs Ben Rector and Tyrone Wells.

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Singing in 'The Garden'

By Claire Schacht | October 27, 2013

It’s Thursday afternoon and you have just finished your last class of the day, maybe of the week. Regardless of whether or not you have class on Friday, you’re looking for something to do to start the weekend off right, but what?

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Can't rant away awards

By Ali Jawetz | October 23, 2013

If you’ve seen a headline about Kanye West in the last several weeks, I bet the headline included the word “rant.” West’s passion on his BBC Radio interview with Zane Lowe have spurred parodies like Jimmy Kimmel’s skit making fun of the new Kardashian dad.

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Turning 'heads' with 'heart'

By Scarlett Saunders | October 23, 2013

Indie rock group The Head and the Heart has achieved tremendous momentum since forming in 2009. The band has opened for notables Dr. Dog, Vampire Weekend and Charlottesville’s own Dave Matthews Band — all artists the Seattle-based band cites as inspiration.

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Pusha to the limit

By Jack Ellis | October 22, 2013

If Virginia hip-hop has a sound, it’s The Clipse. The duo of brothers Pusha T and Malice broke nationally with 2001’s Lord Willin’, an album of vivid drug dealer narratives produced entirely by Pharell Williams and Chad Hugo, another Virginia Beach duo who called themselves The Neptunes.

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Far from 'lousy'

By Jacqueline Justice | October 17, 2013

Long gone are the days of innocent, catchy pop from of Montreal, as the band hailing from Athens, Georgia released their new album, “Lousy With Sylvianbriar” on October 8.

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A bangin' effort

By Flo Overfelt | October 15, 2013

I feel no shame in saying that I judged Miley Cyrus harshly for her VMA performance. That said, after listening to “Bangerz,” the former Disney Channel’s star’s latest studio album, I’ve been forced to acknowledge that Miley is far, far more than what she seems.

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Oh! Darlins

By Candace Carter | October 15, 2013

After Dwight Howard Johnson, the opening act at The Southern this past Thursday night, had played its piece and left the stage, there was an obvious alteration in the audience.

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Give Me Moore

By Julia Skorcz | September 25, 2013

Country fans decked out in boots, cut-off jeans, tank tops and camouflage piled into downtown Charlottesville’s Jefferson Theater last Thursday, hoping for the chance to stand in the front row to see smooth-singing Nashville-native Kip Moore perform.

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Anything but ‘ratchet’

By Jenny Zhan | September 24, 2013

The origins of DJ duo Ratchet Cat are almost as epic as their stage name. Eeshaan Sachatheva and Ishaan Chaudhary, two current fourth year students in the Comm and E-school, respectively, happened to meet up in New Delhi two summers ago and kick-started their music career together over a shared passion for music.

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Best 'foot' forward

By James Cassar | September 22, 2013

In a conversation that satisfied the dreams of my 13-year-old self, Switchfoot’s Drew Shirley (guitar/backing vocals) elaborates on the future of the band and on continuing to make waves — in more ways than one.

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You da you da best

By Jack Ellis | September 22, 2013

We’re all self-conscious. Kanye was the first to admit it, but Aubrey “Drake” Graham was the first to relish in it.

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Juicy J be trippin’

By Vondrae McCoy | September 19, 2013

Juicy J has enjoyed quite a surge in popularity this year. His aptly named banger “Bandz A Make Her Dance” made its way into dance clubs across the world, and the success led to features on tracks by a slew of popular artists: will.i.am, Miley Cyrus, Ke$ha, Rihanna and Lil Wayne.

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The Southern’s Lesser Knowns

By Catherine Jessee | September 11, 2013

While every acoustic and folk lover flocked to the local Lockn music festival this past weekend[a], the electro-rock lovers stayed behind to attend a pair of shows at the Southern Café and Music Hall. Friday night featured Pissed Jeans, a noise rock band and a pioneer of the recent punk revival based out of Allentown, Penn.

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Dissecting ‘The Anatomy of Frank’

By Lauren Correia | September 11, 2013

“We Can’t Stop” buying into the commercialism of pop culture, and it seems as though local bands — and indie bands for that matter — will continue to struggle to get noticed in the growing music industry.

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No longer ‘glee’-ful

By Robin Yeh | September 5, 2013

When Fox’s “Glee” returns to the airwaves this fall, the question on everyone’s mind will be how the writers will handle the surprise death of star Cory Monteith this July. Monteith reportedly died of an accidental heroin and alcohol overdose — unsurprising given the star’s history of drug and alcohol abuse.

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